Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an independent, nonsectarian, nonprofit, coeducational university with a history dating back to the early days of aviation. The University serves culturally diverse students motivated toward careers in aviation and aerospace. Residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, provide education in a traditional setting, while an extensive network of learning centers throughout the United States and abroad serves civilian and military working adults through ERAU-Worldwide.

Embry-Riddle was founded December 17, 1925, by barnstormer John Paul Riddle and entrepreneur T. Higbee Embry, exactly 22 years after the Wright brothers' historic flight. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the world's oldest, largest, and most prestigious university specializing in aviation and aerospace. It is the only accredited, aviation-oriented university in the world. Embry-Riddle has residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as a Worldwide Campus dedicated to providing educational opportunities to working adults worldwide. The Worldwide Campus provides educational opportunities to off-campus students at more than 130 centers throughout the United States and Europe. In addition, degree programs can be pursued anywhere in the world through Web-based online learning. Combined annual enrollment for all campuses is more than 34,000.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the associate, bachelor, and master levels.